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HUGHES v. STATE

No. 29996.

317 S.W.2d 55 (1958)

Clara Mae HUGHES, Appellant, v. STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

October 22, 1958.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

No appearance for appellant.

Dan Walton, Dist. Atty., Thomas D. White, Asst. Dist. Atty., Houston, and Leon B. Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

MORRISON, Presiding Judge.

The offense is the possession of amphetamine; the punishment, a fine of $500.

The State, through her district attorney, confesses error, and we agree. Subsequent to the instant prosecution, this Court in Harrell v. State, Tex.Cr.App., 314 S.W.2d 590, held that Section 8 of Article 726c. Vernon's Ann.P.C., insofar as it attempts to make unlawful the possession...

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